Walkley Carnegie Library

Walkley Library is the only Carnegie Library in Sheffield and is a grade II Listed Building, in the Tudor Revival style with features following Andrew Carnegie’s ideals, including a magnificent porch reached by the “steps to wisdom”.

It is an associate Library to Sheffield Libraries, run by the community for the community. It was partially built to fill the gap following the closure of the nearby Ruskin St George’s Museum. The library soon became a key institution for Walkley with a library service and separate reading rooms for ladies & gentlemen, but times move on and it later opened the first Children’s library in Sheffield in 1924 and housed a mother and baby clinic during World War 2.

Browse through our local books or extensive photo archives and exhibitions and learn about how the library had to adapt to survive. In addition to displays about the alterations in the 1950s and 1980s there will be building plans from the original architect’s drawings in 1904 to proposed projects this century, including the University of Sheffield’s Architecture Department’s “Walkley Vision” based on the library & the community centre and the importance of South Road in between.

There will be opportunities for children and adults to try their hands at arts and crafts and further activities will be announced at a later date.
There will be four other Walkley Buildings holding open days on the same day.

Timings & Tours

Saturday 20 September:

1000-1400

Location & directions

South Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S6 3TD

Contact on day:

Anne Grange

Telephone number:

+447815966784

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:

Pre-booking not required

Accessibility details

The main entrance has several steps, the rear entrance has two small steps, but the narrow door will not accommodate large buggies or a person in a full size wheelchair or mobility scooter.

Additional information

Parking on side roads, or small carparks on Orchard Road and Freedom Road. Bus routes: 95/95a/95b & 52/52a

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